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Murdoch's UK Paywall a Miserable Failure
David Gerard writes "As part of his war against free, Rupert Murdoch put the Times and Sunday Times of London behind a paywall. Michael Wolff of Newser asks how that's working out for him. You can guess: miserable failure: 'Not only is nobody subscribing to the website, but subscribers to the paper itself — who have free access to the site — are not going beyond the registration page. It's an empty world.' Not that this wasn't entirely predictable." Update: 07/17 01:41 GMT by T : Frequent contributor Peter Wayner writes skeptically that the Newsday numbers should be looked at with a grain of salt: "I believe they were charging $30/month for the electronic edition and $25/month for the dead tree edition which also offered free access to the electronic edition. In essence, you had to pay an extra $5 to avoid getting your lawn littered with paper. The dead tree edition gets much better ad rates and so it is worth pushing. It's a mistake to see the raw numbers and assume that the paywall failed."
Of course he is. He takes dirt from rich Democrats and gives the scoop to poor Republicans.
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
Don't celebrate yet.
They aren't done.
What Murdoch and other Rich corporations (ATT, Verizon) are trying to do now is get the FCC to take-away free access to the news. The FCC has developed a plan to lock-up previously free content by handing frequencies to cellphone companies. What was once free (via antenna) will now only be available via an expensive Cellphone subscription (~$100 a month) or Cable Net subscription (~$60/month). The surprising part is that Obama announced he supports the plan.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahahaha! Hahahahaha! LOL! FUCK MURDOCH!!!
FTFY
Actually, fuck him again. Not with my penis though.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
You government lovers. Government = corruption + ineptitude. And you better watch out: if you get the masses hooked on freebies and entitlements, you'll only invite corporations to compete with you to deliver a better product.
When that happens, and the masses switch over, your government and your power will go poof.
Think it's impossible? Look at all the freebies Google gives out today. Play that scene out 10-20-50 years. See? Your antiquated central planning turd of a model is gonna *cruble*!